Yes, but then how can you be sure that amiculas@xxxxxxxxx is the real author of the commit? I think that's why Miguel Ojeda asked me to send them from my business email, otherwise some random gmail account could claim that he is "Ariel Miculas", so he's entitled to sign-off as amiculas@xxxxxxxxx. Regards, Ariel On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 10:03 PM James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2023-06-09 at 19:41 +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 7:25 PM Ariel Miculas (amiculas) > > <amiculas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I could switch to my personal gmail, but last time Miguel Ojeda > > > asked me to use my cisco email when I send commits signed off by > > > amiculas@xxxxxxxxx. If this is not a hard requirement, then I could > > > switch. > > > > For patches, yeah, that is ideal, so that it matches the Git author / > > `From:`. > > > > But for the other emails, you could use your personal address, if > > that makes things easier. > > It's still not a requirement, though. You can send from your gmail > account and still have > > From: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@xxxxxxxxx> > > As the first line (separated from the commit message by a blank line), > which git am (or b4) will pick up as the author email. This behaviour > is specifically for people who want the author to be their corporate > email address, but have failed to persuade corporate IT to make it > possible. > > Regards, > > James >
